Sylvania



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK E. DEGENHARDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARDUNDERGROUND CABLE COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENN SYLVANIA.

CABLE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.368,136, dated August9,1887.

Application filed April 18, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. DEGEN I'IARDT, residing at Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, a citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvementsin Cable-Hangers, of which improvement the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved hanger applied to a cable.Figs. 2 and 3are perspective and plan views, respectively, of the partsor members of one form of thehanger. Fig. 4 is asectional view of oneform of the hanger. Fig. 5 is a similar view of another form of thehanger.

The invention herein relates to certain iniprovements in theconstruction of hangers for the suspension of aerial cables, and has forits object such a construction as will not only faeilita-te and cheapenthe manufacture of such articles, but will also render them capable ofbeing easily and quickly applied.

In general terms the invention consists in the construction andcombination of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

The main or essential elements or parts of the hanger are thesuspending-hook 1, the

'band or strap 2,having the longitudinal slot 3,

and the retaining-tongue 4.

The construction shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 is formed by so clamping astrip of metal as to simultaneously form the slot 3 and the tongue 4,the tongue being formed by the metal cutout from the slot, as shown, oneend 01' the tongue remaining attached to the blank or strip.Simultaneously with the above-described operation two small slots, 6,are cut in the head of the blank.

Although I prefer to stamp or cut the blank, as above described, by asingle stroke of a suitable die, the blank may be formed in any othersuitable manner.

The hook I is preferably formed of malleable cast metal integral with abase-plate, 7, provided with ears orlugs 8. Inlicu of forming the hookand plate of malleable cast metal, it may be formed of wrought metal,the hook being riveted to the plate.

In forming the hanger the tongue 4 is bent back so that a portion of itwill lie upon the head of the blank between the slots 6, as indi catedin dotted lines. The hook is then applied, the base-plate resting on thehead of the blank,and the cars or lugs 8 proj eeti ng through the slots6. These lugs are then bentiu wardly upon the tongue 4, thus firmlysecuring the several parts together.

In lieu of forming the hanger of several parts, as above described, itmaybe formedin one piece of malleable cast metal, as shown in Fig. 5.

In applying the hanger to a cable the band 2 is bent around the cable,the tongue 4 being passed through the slot 3, or rather the band isslipped over the tongue, which is then bent up, as shown in Figs. 1, 4,and 5.

I claim as my invention- 1. A hanger for aerial cables,having incombination a suspending-hook, a slotted strap or band connected to theend of the hook on one side thereof, and a tongue connected to theopposite side thereof, substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK E. DEG ENIIARDT.

IVi tn esscs J. H. Win'rEsIDE, Doc'ron S. PLACE.

